University of the Witwatersrand

Learners, students, researchers, and Joburgers will soon have access to a cutting-edge 360-degree visual experience in the new Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, where they will learn through immersion in multi-dimensional,…

The University of the Witwatersrand on Thursday, 17 November scooped an array of awards at the Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education (MACE) Excellence Awards. The awards are held annually to celebrate and recognise…

This prompted the Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), based at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, to develop a Healthy Ageing Adult South Africa (HAASA) report card, which is the first of its kind to guide…

Each year around mid-summer, somewhere between December and mid-January, the skies of South Africa’s Gauteng province, including the city of Johannesburg, fill with small white butterflies. Some land in people’s gardens, allowing a closer…

Scattered through the Earth’s crust are ancient, solidified magma chambers that become exposed at the surface of our planet by the forces of erosion. For many decades, they have been used as natural laboratories to understand magmatic…

Six research papers focusing on a range of subjects including the link between hypertension and autism to childhood cancers, diabetes in the black population, vitiligo in Africans, TB treatments and mosquitoes, were showcased at the first…

This impressive diamond jubilee marks the Choir’s enduring legacy of transcending racial, gender, age, cultural and class divides to bring textured and rich South African choral music to the world.As the song Ndikhokhele Bawo reached its…

The 18th African Investigative Journalism Conference returned for its first in-person event since the Covid-19 pandemic touched down in South Africa in 2019.The conference was opened by seasoned journalist, and adjunct Professor of…

Although many South Africans have experienced so much grief that they often assume they did not have the time, the luxury, or the money to grief, stoically soldiering on with life after devastating losses, they will have to find ways to…

Wits School of Accountancy (SOA) honoured its top-achieving students at the annual prize-giving ceremony 21 September. The prize-giving ceremony awarded top performers in 2020 and 2021. These ceremonies could not be held at the time due…